Mike McCaffrey :pdx_badge:

Portland, Oregon, Covid, urbanism, city planning, dogs, crows, insects, weather, nature, food, flowers, photography, house projects. Some politics, sorry.

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2026-09-29 21:16:32 UTC

Hard to capture in a photo, but the grain in this wood actually became iridescent sparkly gold in the sunlight after I applied some tung oil.
#TextureTuesday #Woodworking #Chatoyancy
https://cdn.masto.host/pdxsocial/media_attachments/files/117/356/392/265/510/930/original/fcd984670380d5c4.jpg

2026-08-10 23:59:06 UTC

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It seems like so much material, but the engineer did the calculations, and six inches of rigid foam, along with sheet metal roofing and solar cells (eventually) are actually less weight than traditional asphalt shingle roofing, so no structural changes were needed. And unlike shingle roofs, it should never wear out or need to be replaced.

2026-08-01 17:50:30 UTC

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@nprofile…h7hc Alas, the chances of a tree from a seed having as tasty of fruit as their parent is very slim. Might be better to learn propagation through cuttings.

2026-07-29 19:17:36 UTC

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@nprofile…ql2a Great, now I've got the song stuck in my head again.

2026-03-02 23:07:58 UTC

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@nprofile…kj4x @nprofile…hh4j I somehow doubt that Russia/Putin is promoting the idea of decapitation strikes as a reasonable method for handing rogue states.

2026-02-03 08:53:25 UTC

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@nprofile…qaxz Which ended up being worse, and why wasn't it obviously the full bottle?

2025-12-11 03:29:09 UTC

Disappointed that there doesn't seem to be a cute #mastodon tag for #spider photos.
These are the best I could think of:
#ArachnoPhotobia
#WorldWideWebWeavers
#WebWeaverWednesday
#SpiderThreads
#SilkPosting
#SilkSighting
#OctoPhoto

2025-10-13 20:30:24 UTC

Ran a block and a half down the street in my pajamas chasing a delivery van, because I done playing this endless game of "Sorry we missed you!" door tag with #FexEX.